- So - a bit of background - day to day I work at Rogers in Canada as an engineer - this time of year I find myself sharing my time with other areas of the company, specifically with broadcasting. This week I'm working with them to produce a Santa call in show, basically kids can call in and talk with "Santa" live on air.
Santa asks they kids what they want for Christmas and the responses vary from puppies to race cars to snow. Yesterday was the first day of the show, a lot of kids asked for iPad this, iPhone that. It shocking how many kids know about and want these products.
Today, we opened up an inbox for kids to email their message to Santa as well. Sitting in the control room on my PlayBook, I read through all the emails coming in. To my surprise, one kid asked for "the new BlackBerry iPad". 8 or so emails go by, another one comes in. This girl asked for the new Torch. I pay attention to the program for a minute or so, and more calls come in, two kids asking for a Torch and 3 more asking for the "PwayBook"!
Kinda neat!12-20-11 08:20 PMLike 6 - There is a Playbook coming for my 7 year old daughter from Santa this year. She has played with mine since I got it so it is no wonder she wanted one for herself.hpjrt and cogsinister like this.12-20-11 08:25 PMLike 2
- This is one request I think Santa should grant. Get em while they are young!
Playbook is rising from the ashes. From the mouths of babes...12-20-11 09:56 PMLike 0 - 12-20-11 10:43 PMLike 0
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Just be a parent and restrict what they download or use. Take it away when they have played with it too long. Use it WITH them, like when you read a bedtime story. Interactive games and educational apps are a heck of a lot better than plopping them in front of the boob tube.
Flourescent lights are worse than any tablet screen the persistence of the light is longer than any modulation. It is much like charging a capacitor with a pulsed signal. The capacitor settles to a voltage, the voltage does not modulate with the pulse frequency. Same thing with light from a modulated LED.12-21-11 12:12 AMLike 0 - I love it when a child can cut through the Applemania smog, and see that there are intelligent, viable, and worthwhile alternatives to overpriced electronic flavor of the moment(s). There is hope for the continuation of intelligent life if these kids are an example.12-21-11 08:21 AMLike 0
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Being true to yourself and liking what you like beats fanboyism any day of the week.12-21-11 12:14 PMLike 0 -
Seems having BBM on a Berry is a 'must' for a teenage girl, while owning an iPhone isn't (at least according to my daughter and her friends!)12-21-11 01:03 PMLike 0 - I'm not surprised that's what many kids are asking for.
I have 3 kids, two high-schoolers and one elementary. They all want and have BlackBerry phones and so do the majority of their friends and classmates that have phones.
BTW, they on Rogers prepaid BB plans so all together <$100/mo for every feature they want.12-21-11 01:23 PMLike 0 -
A child owning a PB is no different for when I grew up playing game boys etc etc.12-21-11 01:34 PMLike 0 - .....
Flourescent lights are worse than any tablet screen the persistence of the light is longer than any modulation. It is much like charging a capacitor with a pulsed signal. The capacitor settles to a voltage, the voltage does not modulate with the pulse frequency. Same thing with light from a modulated LED.12-21-11 07:52 PMLike 0
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